The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-27
COL. LoCKwooD,s spEEca.

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| COL. LoCKWOoD's spEHCu.
Delivered at tho Reunion Of Dsnford Post
ia. IT,, at Bealisyilie.
Alter few appropriate Introductory re
marks Col. Lockwood proceeded as fol
lows:
| Ism the soldiers friend. I an here 8.
the representative Of both the living ant
dead soldiers, not only to tell what III,
soldiera hayo done and suffered, but to 81,
what l think the Government ought to dc
for what they have done. That is to give
every soldier pension according to biz
merits. Talk about the soldier-the man
who buckled on hla knapsack, ghouldsrel
Ms musket, marched, with his wifs and
childran believing the path 10 the pate
With tears as they babe him fsrewa per.
hGps forever, to put down the rebellion for
thirteen dollars per month. With all duo
respect to the officers, when you put these
soldiers into the scale, they weigh M elj
down, no matter how many bsrs and
stripes ne may wear On our shoulders,
The idea Of 3 eoldier loaiug log or an
arm, or perhaps both, and getting one
dollar day to support himself, w:le and
half a dozen children. Why, in the battle
OF Spo.sylvania, a sharpshocter shot the
figure from tina centre OF tho trefoii in
my hat, taxing a part OF my head with 1t,
and WAS satiafed, you may bot, to vet of
% we'll as I did with this old hat, But
wcrae than that in the battle OF An,iatar,,
lls teVilsh Rbarpahootess al one yolley
put three bullets through my horse and
QUO plumb through my canteen, which
was hanging by my side, spi.Iiug al, nv
app!s jack. Now think ought TO haya
back pay for the apple jack and ,esson-
abba penaloI Tor the wounded csnteen.
When tho st2rtline news reached Wash.
ing:on thct Fort Sampter vas bombsrded,
Stephen A. Douglas, the Little Giant" a
member 0. the Senate from Illinois, arosa
in bis esst and notified the Senate that
1.-The Government ship was on fire." He
isaid: ave Cannot nov etc. to iaouire
who ere the incendiaries. The flames
mnsh be extingoished. 1t may cost treas.
ures; 1t may cost blood; the sac.j!ics must
be made" the fire bells rang, tho alarm
anresd Ike electricity oil over the Moth,
Eaat and Wost, and men Of oil classes left
ths!r places, their workshops, plowo and
dcsta and volunteered to extinguisn the
FIRE. And am haro to-day az tho repre-.
sentative OF tho eoldisrs who had the
nerve to mount tho scalloid aud offer IN
their llyes, ns it wsre, q living sacrifice, 10
like cAacccs for the :atGga e,aatl. The
mat attempt 10 PIT GU! the Arc was at Bull
Kun, where the ilameH increased to svch
an alarming extent that committee from
the West suggested 10 tho President the
aropriety Of compromising with tho South,
"Old hbef ,eplied; "Corpfomisa moth.
ing. Fight tout on the Mason and Dixon
mne. - ,:"c.. toe. soutgqs anu ramiod
their torces. and Willie Gen. McClellnn at.
tarGed tho fiery 4ameu at AntietaE1, sna
1en. Sherman, Gen. Grant, Gen. Thomas
and othe!a attacked the South at Vicks.
burg, Pittsburgh landing end MurirceB.
horo, wh!!n. Gen. Hancock with hin second
corps swept through the wjlder1pss
Of Spcta7lvania, making death and
dactrnc.ion, laying everything waste
before him az though a cy-
clone had ewept through, behold then
came tho dcciaivo battle at Gettysburg,
now the ecat Of war. The time had come
when the destiny Of this Government de-
pended on the bravery OF our troops.
Here Greek met Greek. Here it was hand
to hand and steel to s.ecl. Tho .ino had
como Eken tho only way left waa to fight
tue devil Nth fire. When nine hundred
pieces OF artillery commenced belchinp
forth their fiery flames and the three fork.
ed Lightning flashing from the mzzles o!
acme ten tEoueand pieces OF muskesry,
with Tie c'ash!Gg OF swords and the deaf
0niDg roar Of artillery and muskesry, YOU
you'd have thought that the very thrn.
derboits IRON heaven mad dropped down
q tear tie esrtl! Gsunder. Night coming
on, all was AZ silent As the grave. The die
waH cHat, not a voice heard except the
pitiiul noana Of the wounded and dying,
When the smoke from tho battlefield
made the saa look pase az 1t went down,
ns il wore, into sca Of blood, leaving the
usrknees OF night to overshsdoY the
| wounded and dying; when through the
night tofrente Ct rain fell rs though to
wash the remains CT the dead preparatory
TO- burial IN tho morning; when the bright
sun ssose and removed tho darkness OF
tEg night, leaving tbs thoussuda OF doat
| soldiers aud dead hogeH to the iull view
VI IL" multitude ot spectators who coH!d
but turn ,hei1 eyes and weep at tho awful,
sIckening sight,
The old Ship OF State rises above the
wGr clouds OF Gettysburg and drifts sonth.
ward There Gen. sherman By iiia ,narch
through Georgia had prepared harbor at
Appomatox, where Gen. Robert e. Lee
snHenbereh bin sword 10 Gen, Grant who
marched him on hoard tho old shin md
eat him down Bide by aide with JcI Davls,
VITO vas captured in lila old pr,u,moth-
cr's dfcG0 There sat tho two incoudinriea,
eide ny aide, tina. Stephen A. Dou9las
sposc about. Ish Davis, then momh Or
o. the SENATE, eitor engaging 10 10 South
lived ninety days ia the bo8oln OF his
country taking iteinR, and helping the
Secretary OF War, j. u. Floyd, to smngylo
away portion oil our artillery willis. he
waa preparing thB turGG 10 le applied to
Fort SnmPsoT. And now that tho old
government ship 10 under iull ea;l, riding
the pillows OF tho ocean with tho Ameri.
can eagle purched on the top mat OF the
Star Span2led Banner floating In the
bJef=s, bin bill hookeh over tho icebsrvg
Of tho North nnu oup TinE ntsetchod To
the Atlantic Ocean and his tail ppresd
ov0r tho Southurn Confedoracy, CRYING
pcaos and good will; now that five hmm
dred shousRii anlibm sleep III bloody
pravw, I'll oil whom laid down thor live,
that this ooun,ry might live, yet alto. al
tho ioHn Of He and property, aud icayiut
tbouoandn Of widows md orphnus whtt
nre knocking et tho door OF tho Govern
mont for hfOh;', now a!tc. VII thin they Gu,
we muBt forgive and forgot Now 40 t
fofg'ving can only repeat tho words O
our ,esyior In hnhnli OF tho Jews, "fathur
forgive them, for they Know not wha
they DO"
After relating B0mN rxperioncon Of tn
war tho Colonel concluded ll,us: We ow
10 thu aoliieSa dubt Of honor and graft
trin TINT tiIno onn nuycr el!aco. Forge
! tho Holdiora2 No! Tho A,arn would uuone
. ceano to flame, tho rlyoro sooner coaso |